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Apr 26, 2012
Drowning Risk by Tsunami Currents
Authors: Shigeo Takahashi [email protected], Yoichi Sakai [email protected], Yoichi Moriya [email protected], Ichiro Uchiyama [email protected], Kimihiko Endo [email protected], and Taro Arikawa [email protected]Author Affiliations
Publication: Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008: Tsunamis
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More than two hundred thousand people were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. The deaths that may be due to drowning are discussed through reference to past experiences. A fault tree is presented to summarize the physical danger posed by tsunami waves to the human body, and the personal danger is discussed based on the tree. The stability of the human body against wave front collision and tsunami currents is discussed and threshold conditions are proposed. The time for evacuation is usually very limited and the risk of encountering a tsunami during evacuation is often high. Walking in inundated areas during a tsunami attack is especially dangerous. Vertical evacuation is highly recommended.
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Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2008: Tsunamis
Pages: 60 - 71
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© 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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- Analysis (by type)
- Building design
- Business management
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal processes
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Design (by type)
- Disaster preparedness
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Engineering fundamentals
- Evacuation
- Failure analysis
- Human and behavioral factors
- Natural disasters
- Ocean currents
- Ocean engineering
- Practice and Profession
- Tsunamis
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Tsunami Research Center, Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI), 3-1-1, Nagase, Yokosuka, 239-0826, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
Coastal Development Institute of Technology (CDIT), 3-16 Hayabusa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0092 Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
Coastal Development Institute of Technology (CDIT), 3-16 Hayabusa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0092 Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
Ocean Consultant Japan(OCJ), 7-19-31 Higashisuna, Kotou-ku, Tokyo 136-0074 Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
Fishery Depart. Hokkaido Development Bureau, Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT). E-mail: [email protected]
Tsunami Research Center, Port and Airport Research Institute (PARI), 3-1-1, Nagase, Yokosuka, 239-0826, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
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